Monday rankings & thoughts...

Sides:

1) Den, 2) SA, 3) Dal, 4) Was, 5) Char, 6) Utah, 7) Orl

Totals:

1) Orl ov, 2) Char un, 3) Utah ov, 4) Den un, 5) Was un, 6) SA un, 7) Dal ov

Thoughts:

DEN shot 50% from the field last game, a 26-point loss to the Spurs at SA, but SA shot 59.3% from 3-land (16 for 27) while Den hit 4 threes so the Nuggets were outscored 48-12 on 3-pointers and that was more than the difference in the game...Memphis has 5 guys who can shoot from beyond the arc (3 off the bench), but this team doesn't shoot the 3 as much as the Spurs do...This game is going to be won on the boards and both teams have ferocious offensive rebounders in Zach Randolph (MEMP) and Kenneth Faried (DEN) as Randolph leads the league in rebounding while Faried leads the league in offensive rebounds per game at a sickening 5.6 ORPG clip...MEMP will be looking for a new franchise-high 9-game winning streak if they can win this one, but I like Denver in this bounce-back spot...MEMP on a C8 (covered 8 straight) and from this point on, this streak will be hard to maintain as they barely covered their last game at CHAR by 1/2 a point...

Orl/Atl Over is a chart-play for the ATL Over after a push and 5 Unders before having an Over their last time out...

Spurs have a revenge spot with the Clips from 11 days ago when LAC massacred SA at Staples and the Spurs' players are saying in the San Antonio papers that they owe them one as they admitted the Clips played with way more intensity than the Spurs last time out...

Mavs also a chart-play as they covered last time out after a NC6...The Wizards at 0-8 fighting for their first win and they have a great shot tonight as they stayed with Indy the entire game at Conseco 9 days ago before losing by 4...